Recent content by Zyquux

Yup, subtitles for everything for me too. My hearing isn't bad (I don't think) but sometimes there's background noise where I am or the character is in the middle of a really long speech or something that is easier to read and then click past instead of listening to them. Subtitles are even...

Can't be (on the 360 version, anyway) because holding B is the Heavy Melee and holding X switches weapons. As far as I know, there is no way to holster your weapon.

I didn't discover the Shepard's bathroom in ME2 until after my first playthrough. Not crucial, but still. While browsing the Mass Effect wiki, I discovered the Phoenix armor (the awful looking one with rather dismal stats a.k.a. Ashley's default) passively regenerates health. GEE THAT MIGHT...

A crazed Heavy wearing a top hat and monocle? He'd rip my arms off and punch out all my blood... and STILL look classy.

Well the obvious ones that have already been mentioned first: "War...war never changes." -Ron Perlman, Fallout "So wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes." -G-man, Half-Life 2 "Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokemon!" -Professor Oak, Pokemon (duh) "But you had...

What? I've only played Fable 1 (I'M SO POOR) but I played a Ranged Mage character. Jack of Blades was laughably easy. Multi Arrow with a properly augmented Ebony Bow and I killed his second stage in about a minute. I beat him and said, "That's it?" It was a rather anti-climatic end to the...

Did you hear the one about the farmer? Nevermind, it's corny A man wanted to buy 99 bricks, but the store only sold them in packs of 100. After the man built his wall with 99 bricks, he just casually threw it over his shoulder. There are 10 types of people in the world: those that...

For my ringtone, I have L4D2's TAANK theme. For texts, I have Fallout 3's Karma Lost sound. For my alarm, I have TF2's "Intruder Alert" song. I love video game music.

I've always been fond of this one. Side note: How do I put text on the spoilers?

This was in 1994. OT: I think the biggest reason is, as others have mentioned, the way the (American, at least) school system works. As far as I can gather from the Advanced Placement classes and tests, you're not supposed to LEARN things, just memorize it. For example, I memorized enough...

This probably isn't the best thing for my first post on Escapist, but I had to come out of lurking to say this: In the words of the Heavy: Cry some moar. All of us were new and were getting backstabbed/headshotted when we started. With that out of the way, I'll give some actual advice...